Posted on 10/11/2001 3:35:54 PM PDT by RightOnline
However, they're a bit late. Our rights, as evidenced in this chilling and dead-accurate piece, have been stolen right out from under our noses in broad daylight for years.
We kvetch on a regular basis here about intrusive Federal Government, especially at the hands of Democrats.......and rightfully so. However, take a look at your home town. This garbage doesn't just happen in Provo, Utah, considered (by the unknowing) to be a bastion of ruggedly individualistic, yet family-oriented and business-friendly people and their governments. Not so.
Mr. Jones, mentioned in the piece above, is a close personal friend. He's a staunch Conservative, VERY active in politics, and is the type of person who would give you the shirt off of his back without you even asking. He's a husband, father, entrepreneur, and civic-minded individual. He is one of the most by the book people I have ever known. He did his homework, folks, before opening his museum.........FAR more than I ever would have thought to. Approval after approval after approval.........He took a pile of junk atop a hill (a "building" that had been for sale for over 3 years; no one knew what to do with it...), invested virtually everything he had along with his brother, and turned that eyesore into a wonderful museum that would, by all accounts, generate in the area of $60,000 per year in tax revenue for Provo. The man should have received a medal.
His reward? Some twit bureaucrat from zoning...........one, lone, airheaded female from the zoning board..............walked in, looked at one display room, met Mr. Jones in his office, declined to see a single square foot of the rest of the building, and told him that his operation was a "haunted house, NOT a "museum". Neither the city of Provo, nor the county, nor the State of Utah define what a "museum" is. No matter, to this bureaucrat. She happened to walk into the museum in mid-October. Check your calendars, ladies and gentlemen, and tell me what the closest, upcoming Holiday is (besides Columbus Day).
In other words, if this person had walked into the museum in early November, she would have seen room after room commemorating Veterans Day. Somehow, this twit couldn't connect the dots............promptly labeling a labor of love and one heck of a series of displays a "haunted house".
Frankly, she messed with the wrong person. Mr. Jones has friends.........LOTS of friends..........lots of powerful friends............and he is a FReeper, folks, but one who doesn't get to post/reply often.
I think that we should consider a FReep of the Provo zoning board/commission. I think the esteemed Mayor of Provo should hear about this outrage (he IS, after all, seeking re-election, right??).
Do it for my friend, do it for freedom, and do it because you should as a lover of liberty; one who abhors unshackled government bureaucrats.
Then...............last but not least.............look around your own back yard.............
Such morons think that they can act in such ways with impunity; that they are untouchable, beyond reproach.
They do it because they can.
One of the beautiful things about FR? They can't do it any more and avoid the glare of bright lights; the outrage of alert citizens who won't put up with this, no matter where it occurs in our country.
If people don't like it, they can leave.
Great title.
Huh? It seems the cowards are the people who don't like the current administaration in Provo, Utah, and have to to resort calling the current administration in Provo, Nazi's.
That is page one out of Hillary's playbook. If your "friend" doesn't like Provo, there are two options. One is to peacefully try to change the local government, the other is to move out(and no one is forcefully stopping your "friend" from moving).
So please tell your "friend" to grow up and not resort to Hillary like tactics.
I respect your opinion and judgement, but this sounds a wee bit odd. If the secular powers were enforcing such bizarre rules, where are all the liberal forces like the ACLU trying to get a SC hearing?
They think they can create a utopian community if they just have the tools (power). It is irrelevant to them that we may not all have the same vision of utopia...
And, in case they can't come up with enough controlling ideas on their own, organizations like 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania will be happy to share with them "what other communities are doing".
Most citizen's are unaware of this stealth attack on our rights. The local governments, even when required to hold public hearings on changes to these ordinances, only pay lip service to citizen input.
Fortunately (in a way), they are getting so bold about it that more citizen's are finding themselves in violation of ordinances - encouraging them to learn what is going on and share the news with their friends and relatives. Over time, that will increase the grass roots pressure to turn some of this back. It's going to take some time though...
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